Insulation Coordination Engineer - HVDC

The opportunity:

As Insulation Coordination Engineer, you will design authority for an engineering discipline with low to medium complexity. Complete assignments on small projects or portions of larger projects, cost-effectively and in accordance with contract specifications, quality standards and safety requirements.

How you'll make an impact:

• You will be study and verify the overvoltage protection scheme through simulations in PSCAD/EMTDC including specifying fault scenarios to be investigated for the project and simulate the overvoltage's that will be input for equipment specifications and mechanical layout.
• You will be involved in projects, tenders, base and R&D work.
• To successfully take on this position, you need to be thorough and structured with a high technical interest and strive for good solutions within the set time limits.
• To grow with each task, enabling yourself to develop and take more and more responsibility. HVDC is a complex product, there is always more to learn.
• You will handle the interface with other interfacing departments, ensuring you understand their needs, and they yours, and to work for a good corporation for best end results together.
• You will be responsible to ensure compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.

Your background:

• You hold a degree in bachelor of Engineering in Electrical with 3 to 6 years of experience / Master of Engineering in Power Systems with 2 to 5 years of experience.
• Should have knowledge of Power Systems equipment and their purpose, such as Power Transformers, Capacitors, Reactors, Instrument Transformer and measuring equipment, Circuit Breakers, Disconnector, Surge Arrester etc.
• Knowledge in selection, sizing and integration of above equipment based on customer functional specification.
• Extensive knowledge of Power Systems studies and modelling of electrical network.
• Understanding and design of Electrical Power Systems and controls.
• Preferably knowledge on IEC/IEEE standards, Understanding application of Power Electronics in HV/EHV system like HVDC and FACTS is preferred.
• Proven skills in using computers as a calculation tool, experience of power system simulation tools such as PSSE, EMTDC /PSCAD and calculations in MATLAB / Mathcad is preferred.
• Good communication skills.

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Client-provided location(s): Chennai, India

Job ID: Hitachi_Energy-JID3-154714

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2025-09-11T23:35:56